Exploring Eucladoceros Ecomorphology Using Geometric Morphometrics

Anatomical Record

Volumn 298, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 291-313

  Curran, Sabrina C ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Cervidae; Femur; Locomotion; Phylogeny; Third phalanx; Tibia

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; EUCLADOCEROS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CALCANEUS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMUR; FOSSIL; FRANCE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICS; PHYLOGENY; ROMANIA; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; CALCANEUS; DEER; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMUR; FOSSILS; FRANCE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICS; PHYLOGENY; ROMANIA; TIBIA;

EID: 84919740472     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.23066     Document Type: Article

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